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Create or edit a website or blog server connection

The purpose of the Create Connection and Edit Connection wizards is to specify whether you’re connecting to a website or a blog server while creating or editing a connection in the Connection Wizard.

Create or edit a website connection

  1. Select Website from the What do you want to connect to pop-up menu to create a connection to a website.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • If you’re connecting to a website, enter the URL for the website in the What is the web address (URL) of your website text box.

      Note: If necessary, click the Browse button to find the website you want to connect to.

  3. From the How do you connect to your web server pop-up menu, select your connection service and do one of the following:

    • If you selected FTP, enter the FTP server name, user name, and password.

      Note: If the FTP server is running on a port other than the default port (21), you must specify the port number along with the FTP server name in the format FTP server name:port number.

    • If you selected Secure FTP (SFTP), enter the SFTP server name, user name, and password.

    • If you selected Local/Network, enter the network path to your website.

    • If you selected WebDAV, enter the WebDAV URL, user name, and password.

  4. (Optional) Click Advanced, and select the appropriate advanced connection options for the connection service you specified in step 3.

  5. Click Next.

  6. On the Summary screen, review the connection settings to verify that they’re correct and click Done (Windows) or Finish (Mac OS) to complete the connection to the website.

Create or edit a blog server connection:

  1. Select Blogs from the What do you want to connect to pop-up menu to create a connection to a blog server.

  2. Select the blog server hosting your blog from the Who hosts your blog pop-up menu. For more information on creating connections to blogs, see Create a blog server connection.

  3. Click Next or Continue to proceed to the next screen.

  4. If you are connecting to a blog server using the blog URL do the following:

    1. Select Other Blog Servers from the Who hosts your blog pop-up menu if your blog is hosted on an internal server that supports the MetaWeblog protocol. The What is the URL of your blog text box and Browse button appear.

    2. (Optional) In the What is the URL of your blog text box, type or browse to the URL of the home page of your blog.

    3. Click Next. The Blog Site Connection Information screen of the Create Connection wizard appears.

      If you selected Blogger, or if Contribute is able to find the access point of the blog server whose URL you specified, only the Enter your blog server user name and Enter your blog server password text boxes appear. However, if you selected Other Blog Servers, or if Contribute is unable to find the access point of the blog server you specified, the Blog Protocol pop-up menu (which is disabled) and the Access Point text box also appear.

    4. Enter your user name in the Enter your blog server user name text box.

    5. Enter the password to connect to your blog in the Enter your blog server password text box.

    6. If the Access Point text box appears, specify the access point.

      Note: The access point is a URL used to connect to your Blog server. You can view a list of common access points in the Help documentation. Press F1 to view online help.

  5. Click the Back or Go Back button to return to a previous screen if necessary.

  6. Click Done.

Contribute creates a connection to the blog server, and the blog’s home page appears in the Contribute browser.